It’s finally Game Over for this year’s E3, which has seen 50,000 games fans and 2000 exhibitors pack into LA’s convention centre over three days to play the latest console and PC titles, meet the biggest developers and immerse themselves in the maelstrom of the modern games business.

After a year of falling console sales and revenue losses, Nintendo may have just pulled itself from the brink of disaster. In a pre-E3 event, streamed across the web, it announced a new Legend of Zelda title, which will arrive in 2015.

Against the odds, Nintendo seems to have perfected a model of perpetual resurgence. While Xbox and PlayStation host the industry’s blaring blockbusters, Nintendo’s focus has turned inwards to its established roster of stars – none more so than dinky titan Mario.